# Instagram Apologizes for Creed Song Glitch

> Instagram admits error repeatedly suggesting Creed’s 'Higher' to users.
- Title: Instagram Apologizes for Creed Song Glitch · Dexerto
- Summary: Instagram admits error repeatedly suggesting Creed’s 'Higher' to users. Instagram apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who…
- Keywords: instagram, creed, higher, stories, glitch, meta, reels, gaming, sports, Apologizes, Song, Dexerto
- Source: Dexerto — https://dexerto.com/entertainment/instagram-issues-apology-after-repeatedly-suggesting-creed-song-to-users-3417526
- Author: Michael Gwilliam
- Published: 2026-10-09T17:10:18+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: instagram, creed, higher, stories, glitch, meta, reels, gaming, sports
## Instagram Apologizes
Instagram has apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who were simply trying to pick music for their Stories.

> Posted on instagram about how instagram always tries to make me add higher by creed to my stories and it turns out it’s happening to other people. I feel like i’m uncovering a big conspiracy. Theo algorithms want us to love creed pic.twitter.com/XiPD3rdGDJ
## Song Recommendations Glitch
The band’s 1999 hit had become an unusually persistent suggestion, appearing for people posting everything from food photos to pictures of their pets.
## Instagram Investigates
An Instagram spokesperson told CNN that the song was reaching more people than intended and engineers were working on a fix.

> We looked into this and found that this song is being recommended to more people than intended
## Users Report Glitch
Communications specialist Pamela Ross told CNN the track kept appearing when she posted dinner plates or her cat, despite neither following nor listening to the band.
## Key takeaway

Instagram apologized after a glitch kept recommending Creed’s 'Higher' to users who were trying to pick music for Stories.